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AWS re:Invent Announcements

Here's what AWS announced leading up to and during AWS re:Invent 2021.

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Facebook Sets Out To Build The Multiverse...and Hopes To Hide There

Facebook commits $10B per year to build the multiverse. Earnest attempt at progress or an attempt to divert attention?

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Can We Improve How CorpInfo handled IoT Events in 2017?

In late 2017, CorpInfo did an AWS "This is My Architecture" video. The video walks through how they handled a massive amount of events coming from various IoT devices they had deployed. Remember, this was before any of the AWS IoT-specific services!

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Stop your password from opening the door to hackers

Passwords suck. Why are we forced to follow these weird rules. Do they really keep us safe? Here is a solid way to safely handle all of your passwords.

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Can We Improve How Civitas Learning Batch Processed PII in 2017?

In late 2017, Civitas Learning did an AWS "This is My Architecture" video. It was one of the first. The video walks through how they handled processing personally identifiable information at scale using batch processing.

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Can We Improve How FT.com Got Developers To Focus on Costs in 2017?

In late 2017, the Financial Times wanted to get developers to factor in cost to their designs. They created a gamified solution to help drive this change...and it worked.

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Can We Improve How Netflix Handled Failover Using DNS In 2017?

In late 2017, Netflix explained how they tackled the problem of failing over when disaster struck. Four years later, how well does that design hold up? What could we improve given the services and features available today?

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Streaming Giant Twitch Hit by Major Data Breach

Twitch has been hit by a major data breach. 165GB of critical information was leaked on 4chan. What will the impact be? Will this cause even more streamers to leave?

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